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AnyScam™ Scam Search & Reporting

Twelve Years of Data

For more than twelve years, scam victims and volunteers reported the phone numbers, email addresses, names, and profiles that scammers used against them on AnyScam.com. That work now lives here, as the SCARS Institute AnyScam Database, rebuilt to make it easier to search, safer to use, and open to new reports.

Before you trust someone you met online, search for their phone number, email address, name, or profile link. You’ll see whether it has been reported to SCARS Institute, how often, and when. You can also read real messages that scammers have sent, with victims’ details removed, so you can learn to recognize their words before they reach you.

Help Protect Others

If a scammer contacted you, report their profile link, email address, or phone number. SCARS Institute staff review every report before it appears in the database.

Please keep in mind that a listing is a report, not proof. Scammers steal real people’s names and photos, and phone numbers pass from one owner to the next, so an innocent person can appear here. If something listed here belongs to you and is listed in error, use the removal request form at the bottom of this page, and we’ll review it. And if nothing turns up in your search, that doesn’t mean someone is safe: scammers change their numbers, addresses, and names constantly.

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AnyScam Scam Database Search

AnyScam Scam Stats

Phone numbers, by country

United States or Canada67.2%
Ghana6.2%
Nigeria5.8%
United Kingdom5.1%
Philippines1.4%
Malaysia1.1%
South Africa1.0%
Ivory Coast0.8%
India0.8%
France0.7%
All others9.9%

Profiles, by platform

Facebook95.6%
Instagram2.8%
Google+0.8%
Other website0.3%
X (Twitter)0.2%
LinkedIn0.1%
Telegram0.0%
TikTok0.0%
YouTube0.0%
OkCupid0.0%
All others0.1%

Profiles, by the kind of persona

Fake persona: a man46.4%
Fake persona: military18.5%
Fake persona: a woman15.5%
Fake profile13.9%
Real scammer profile3.6%
Real person: a man1.4%
Real person: a woman0.5%
Social media page0.3%
Social media group0.0%

Percentages of reports made to SCARS Institute. Where scammers said they were is often false; identified locations come from investigations.

AnyScam Scam Database Message Examples

Real messages sent by scammers, as reported to SCARS Institute. Victims' names and contact details are removed.

Messages from a scammer · 2024

didn't tell you about this. I told you. If you want to pay off all your debts within a month, you must get a loan.
Because you don't have enough funds.
10:09 AM
Moreover, the 60-second market is unstable if you do not obtain enough principal, because your current funds can barely enter the 60-second market. I can't calculate a more stable market for you either.
10:10 AM
Babe before I accepted this 20k from my loan
10:18 AM J/
I told u he would charge me 6k in interest u said
10:18 said you don't need to care about the interest. But you only rely on your current capital. It is certainly
impossible to pay off all your debts in one month. I told you. The higher the principal.
The profit will be higher.
Don't you understand?
10:23 AM
Now u telling me I still have to refinance my house
10:23 AM J/
It doesn't matter. You don't have to do this. You don't want to make money,. There is no need fo…
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didn't tell you about this. I told you. If you want to pay off all your debts within a month, you must get a loan.
Because you don't have enough funds.
10:09 AM
Moreover, the 60-second market is unstable if you do not obtain enough principal, because your current funds can barely enter the 60-second market. I can't calculate a more stable market for you either.
10:10 AM
Babe before I accepted this 20k from my loan
10:18 AM J/
I told u he would charge me 6k in interest u said
10:18 said you don't need to care about the interest. But you only rely on your current capital. It is certainly
impossible to pay off all your debts in one month. I told you. The higher the principal.
The profit will be higher.
Don't you understand?
10:23 AM
Now u telling me I still have to refinance my house
10:23 AM J/
It doesn't matter. You don't have to do this. You don't want to make money,. There is no need for me to force you to make money.
10:24 AM
But you want to pay off your debt in one month. I can not do it. I don't have such great ability
10:25

Scam email · 2024

Hey baby...
i'm a hot gril.if you wanna have seeeeex with me tell me??
i'll send you my addressss

Scam email · 2024

💚 Do you know me? My name is Klara.Hey there! 🌟 Ready to Shine in the Spotlight of Love? ✨ Meet Your Perfect Match Today! 💕

---LINK REDACTED---

Scam email · 2024

Hello Baby ..If you want to fuck me Hardly Contact Here and View My Photos

Scam email · 2024

please after you finish your cupcake please go check whether they have open the store and buy the card for me babe ♥♥♥what time you will give me the 25$ apple gift card to buy another phone and chat with you babe ♥♥♥

A scammer’s profile text · 2024

Profile text could be in English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. Focuses on military life, flowers and food. Claims to be on duty overseas and part of the UN or NATO. Has many followers, almost all women. Check in profile for origin. If Nigeria, a definite fake. Will lead to asking for money and the amount climbs each time.

Messages from a scammer · 2024

Major Alex Makoto

From:
---REDACTED---
To:
---VICTIM REDACTED---

Tue, May 7 at 10:---ADDRESS REDACTED--- at 46th Street,
New York, NY 10017.
USA.
Phone + ---REDACTED---|05|2024

ATTENTION : ---VICTIM REDACTED---

We are glad to let you know that his retirement letter will be ready soon, but you have to be responsible for your flight ticket .
You are to pay 29,500 dollars to enable us book a first class flight ticket. But if you want to fly with a chartered flight you will then pay the sum of 45,000 dollars the choice is yours.


Thank you.


Yours sincerely
OFFICER IN CHARGE OF RETIREMENT
UNITED NATIONS RETIREMENT OFFICE

Transmitted by the Information Contained and this E-MAIL is Proprietary to UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION and / or it is only Intended for Use by the Individual or entity Addressed to Which it is, and May Contain That information is privileged, confidential or Exe…
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Major Alex Makoto

From:
---REDACTED---
To:
---VICTIM REDACTED---

Tue, May 7 at 10:---ADDRESS REDACTED--- at 46th Street,
New York, NY 10017.
USA.
Phone + ---REDACTED---|05|2024

ATTENTION : ---VICTIM REDACTED---

We are glad to let you know that his retirement letter will be ready soon, but you have to be responsible for your flight ticket .
You are to pay 29,500 dollars to enable us book a first class flight ticket. But if you want to fly with a chartered flight you will then pay the sum of 45,000 dollars the choice is yours.


Thank you.


Yours sincerely
OFFICER IN CHARGE OF RETIREMENT
UNITED NATIONS RETIREMENT OFFICE

Transmitted by the Information Contained and this E-MAIL is Proprietary to UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION and / or it is only Intended for Use by the Individual or entity Addressed to Which it is, and May Contain That information is privileged, confidential or Exempt from a Disclosure under applicable Law. If this is a Forwarded message, the content of this E-MAIL May not have Been sent with the Authority of UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION Shall not be LIABLE for any mails sent without Due Authorization or through unauthorized Access. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited.

United Nation

Scam email · 2024

Eager to find the one? Join our dating community and connect with like-minded individuals!

Detailed information is in the email attachment.

---LINK REDACTED---

Scam email · 2024

I want to talk to you personally .I would like to play in bed. Are you interested?
Browse to my Address & Number Free: ---LINK REDACTED---

Scam email · 2024

CALL ME ---REDACTED--- THIS IS NOT YHE FIRST TIME I SENT YOU MY NUMBER YOU DID CALL LAST TIME SO IT SEEM THAT YOU ARE WASTING MY TIME.Hey....Can i call you??

AnyScam Scam Database Removal Request

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